29 Gallon Planted Build...Advice Appreciated!!!

[Fresh2o]

Ok, should have bought a quarantine tank..i think some of the neons have ich

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Ouch.
My last fish purchase brought home Ich.
Heat treatment?


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[fish wrangler]

Can i do that with tue shrimp?

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[Fresh2o]

Can i do that with tue shrimp?

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I read that the preferred range for ghost shrimp is 72-82 F but I'm thinking they might tolerate 84-86.


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[fish wrangler]

They are inexpensive to replace of i need to. Might buy a second heater to help the other one out. Would the one heater be fine for the max temp? I want to say it is the 100 watt model.

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[fish wrangler]

Bought a second 100W heater. My original just wasn't heating it up to 86. 2 weeks and I am hoping to be ich free

I am making a voucher now... I Michael L will NEVER buy fish from big box stores unless they are quarantined for 1 month first.

Also flipped my background so it is now black. Shows the algae better but it also shows my plants better

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[Fishobsessed7]

Nice! The tank looks great!


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[fish wrangler]

Thanks! I might keep this new heater in and use the fluval as a spare. The new one blends in a little better imo

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[Fresh2o]

I am making a voucher now... I Michael L will NEVER buy fish from big box stores unless they are quarantined for 1 month first.

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^^^ For the record...got it in writing
I told myself this two years ago and have kept my word.



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[fish wrangler]

My fish are not liking me right now...90% of them have lost most of their color

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[fish wrangler]

I think I know why some of the black skirts are so fat...THEY ARE EATING MY SHRIMP! I saw one swimming around with a dead shrimp in its mouth only 5 left...darn these black skirts!

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[Coursair]

I think I know why some of the black skirts are so fat...THEY ARE EATING MY SHRIMP! I saw one swimming around with a dead shrimp in its mouth only 5 left...darn these black skirts!

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It's possible the shrimp was dead, before the fish grabbed it. If you raised your heat, the Shrimp may die off. Could you move them to other tank ?
Shrimp don't usually carry Fish diseases.


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[fish wrangler]

I dont have another tank right now I never thought about the shrimp being dead already either.

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[fish wrangler]

I might trim the elodea again when I get home. Couple of branches are a couple inches from the surface, but I'm not sure might let them float on top for a while.

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[fish wrangler]

Decided against the trim, only one tall branch. I did do a 2 gal water change to knock the nitrates down a bit.

I think the ghost shrimp was already dead because i saw 4 of the black skirts right by a shrimp. They just ignored it

My CO2 is acting up on me, yesterday i was getting constant small small bubbles frok the bottom of my tank, and today nothing. Still ~1BPS in bubble counter. No hole in the air lines because I was able to get bubble when I hooked the line up to my air pump.i will give it some time and see what happens.

Heat is still around 88 degrees. Spots seems to be going away too.

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[fish wrangler]

Why would my neons be hugging the bottom 1/3 of the tank? Stress from the heat?

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[fish wrangler]

My dad is giving me a hard time about my algae problem. I dont want to scrape it off, but I might have to

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[fish wrangler]

Couple of tank pictures

Edit: That is the highest i really see the neons. The black skirts go up higher though. These fish are driving me nuts. Between the ich, dying shrimp, and bottom dwelling neons it is no fun.
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[fish wrangler]

Still no co2 coming out...this is driving me nuts. I raised the airstone to the middle of the water column but still nothing

anyone have any ideas?

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[trennamw]

You might want to bring the co2 question to the planted tank forum.

Sorry you're having a rough time!

Ghost shrimp don't last long, the tetra was likely scavenging. Might be your heat might not.

If you scrape the algae ... I just discovered the Stanley window scraper at Home Depot for $3. It holds a box cutter blade and (insert appropriate caution about fish, hands, and silicone) cleans even the difficult to scrub algae in one swipe.

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-28-593-Window-Scraper-Blade/dp/B00002X1ZY



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[fish wrangler]

I think i found my problem with the co2. A small leak in the gatorade bottle top. I haven't had time to seal this up, but i would net this is the problem.

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